Welcome to the WHO/Europe Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT).

29 October 2014

New dates for free online trainings in English and German

Thanks to support from the Swiss Federal Office for Public Health and the collaboration with the European Cyclists’ Federation we are pleased to announce the continuation of the free live online trainings in English and German on how to use HEAT. Please see here for the new dates and registration:

Introduction

This tool is designed to help you conduct an economic assessment of the health benefits of walking or cycling by estimating the value of reduced mortality that results from specified amounts of walking or cycling.

The tool can be used in a number of different situations, for example:

when planning a new piece of cycling or walking infrastructure.
HEAT attaches a value to the estimated level of cycling or walking when the new infrastructure is in place. This can be compared to the costs of implementing different interventions to produce a benefit–cost ratio (and help to make the case for investment)

to value the reduced mortality from past and/or current levels of cycling or walking, such as to a specific workplace, across a city or in a country. It can also be used to illustrate economic consequences from a potential future change in levels of cycling or walking.

to provide input into more comprehensive economic appraisal exercises, or prospective health impact assessments.
For example, to estimate the mortality benefits from achieving targets to increase cycling or walking, or from the results of an intervention project.